The road had many twists and turns and scary moments. The scariest bit was a dead cat on the road that looked very mad about something, perhaps getting hit by truck? We both saw the cat and decided to ride a bit faster to get some miles between us and the scary dead cat. On a positive note, we reached our first 1000 km on our bikes and looking forward to many more. We are still loving the bike paths and the quiet streets. We have been enjoying the sight of several rescue animal fields by the paths. The weather has been perfect for cycling, we like it when is cloudy and this morning was very foggy but not cold. We also got to stay in a spider sanctuary for the night south of Weert. It was supposed to be a camping resort with cabins. We chose the cabin because it was raining and we did not look forward to the night eating salads in a wet tent. Anyway the cabin was full of spider webs and spiders. The area around the cabin was full of little brown frogs the size of a thumb nail but they were cute and we were careful not to step on them. The owner/manager of the resort, was very nice to us, he gave me a hot mint tea and beer for Al. We had a long chat with him while we sipped our drinks in his cafeteria and then we retired to our little cabin. After 85 km today, we felt tired, fell as sleep and no spiders bothered us at all.
Monday August 26
We kept riding south of Netherlands this morning and entered Belgium where we had our second breakfast. By noon, we were back in Netherlands and very close to the border of Germany. We found a place to stay in Heerlen in the south of the province of Limburg in Netherlands. We walked around the town and went to the Luminarium (a colourful walk through an inflated bubblle tube) Al says it reminded him of his colonoscopy video only with more colours and music. Have I mentioned that everything is closed on Mondays around here? Well, we can still buy groceries and bread which is awesome.
We love the bicycle paths on a foggy morning.
This is where we reached our 1000 km.
We really like to look at this type of roofs (thatched) and the detail work they use to give the shape.
Another nice path beside the road.
A marigold field.
Animal sanctuary in some neighbourhood. I am glad they put a little fence around them.
Yoly does not completely trust our GPS or she doesn't get the whole picture.
A partially blind small kangaroo in another animal rescue field.
We could have gone to the circus today for free.
Our little cabin in the woods, us, the bikes, the frogs and the spiders.
Us having our salad dinners in our little cabin with the spiders.
Hey Ray! We found your MR Toyota for only 800 E. it's a beauty.
Us in front of a mirror by a small intersection.
Arriving In the town of Heerlen.
If we could only understand the sign in Dutch by the entrance, we would be able to explain what this is all about. This was between two homes.
I forgot to take a picture of the sign that is by the big elephant's foot.
While taking a tour of the city centre, we did some couch sighting. There were 21 altogether throughout the main streets. Each couch has a name, a number and the name of the designer. This o e is called LOVE.
Taking a tour inside the iluminarium
Iluminarium
Iluminarium
Tree in the iluminarium.
Vase
St Peter's church in the main plaza.
Hi! It sounds like you are having such a great holiday. So happy for you. You have been in my Dad's birthplace the Netherlands, so it's very interesting for me. We are having Hot weather. Both doing O.K. Love Edie.
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